Monday, June 30, 2025
New Model Assesses Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Great Lakes
Researchers have developed a new integrated model to evaluate the economic impacts of climate change on the Canadian Great Lakes Basin. The Great Lakes are…
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McMaster-based Institute for Water Research Receives Funding Extension
A McMaster-based organization that is leading global efforts to solve pressing water challenges has received a $10-million funding extension from the Canadian government. The UN University…
Beer Made from Reused Water Produced in Alberta
The University of Calgary’s Advancing Canadian Water Assets (ACWA) has partnered with Village Brewery and Xylem Inc. to produce Alberta’s first beer made with reused…
New Global Initiative Aims to Boost Investment in Nature-Based Infrastructure
A new global initiative will use financial modelling and climate change projections to establish the business case for investing in nature. This will make it…
Sphere 3D Announces Acquisition of Rainmaker Worldwide
Sphere 3D announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Rainmaker Worldwide Inc, a global Water-as-a-Service (WaaS) provider. Pursuant to this agreement,…
New Partnership Aims to Drive Corporate Action to Protect Global Water Supply
The Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) at the University of Saskatchewan is partnering with Ceres to develop a new global assessment. The assessment will…
Water Reuse Could Be Key for Future of Hydraulic Fracturing: Study
Water comes from the ground as a by-product of oil production from unconventional reservoirs. During the coming decades, this will theoretically counter the need to use…
WWF Publishes Freshwater Call to Action for the Financial Sector
Last week, WWF published Freshwater risks & opportunities: an overview and call to action for the financial sector, highlighting the opportunities for financial institutions to rapidly…
Nearly 50 Million Lack Access to Piped Water in Global South
New research has found that in 15 major cities in the global south, almost half of all households lack access to piped utility water, affecting…
Global Water Risk Atlas Reveals Top Water-Stressed Countries and States
The World Resources Institute’s (WRI) updated Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas finds that 17 countries, which are home to a quarter of the world’s population, face…
World’s Largest Companies Using More Water Despite Rising Risks
Companies are reporting greater exposure to water risks yet withdrawing more water, according to new research by CDP. The report, Treading Water, analyzes water data from…
Sponsored: Water for All – What Can We Do to Help Heed the Call?
According to the United Nations, our current world population is 7.2 billion and is projected to increase by one billion over the next 12 years,…
Building Context Around Water Data
While data is a representation of reality, the stories we tell based on that data are products of interpretation. Practitioners often debate data collection and…
International Water Association Names 2018 Fellows
The International Water Association (IWA) has appointed new IWA Fellows and Distinguished Fellows. These individual water professionals are being recognized by their peers for their…
Researchers Develop Large-Scale Hydroeconomic Model to Study Continental Water Systems
A new large-scale hydroeconomic model has been developed by the Water Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). The model will allow…
New Poll Finds Long-Term Water Management A Growing Concern in BC
New opinion data finds that long-term water management is top of mind for many British Columbians. The findings are published in the 2018 BC Water…
WWF Looks to Grow the Narrative on Water Stewardship
A new brief from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has called for an acceleration of the scope, activity, and framing of water stewardship that leverages risk…
Nanofiber Water Harvester Tech Captures Water from Air
Researchers are developing a lightweight, battery-powered freshwater harvester that could someday take as much as 37 Litres per hour from the air, even in arid…
Ontario Company Delivers Solution to Cape Town, South Africa
Rainmaker Worldwide has now delivered its first Water-to-Water technology to Cape Town, South Africa. The Company is working with an international distributor with local presence…
Positioning for Peace
Canada has a rich history as a peacekeeping nation and a commitment to continue this legacy. However, there is a growing recognition that the nature…
Global Water Partnership Position Paper on Engaging the Private Sector
Global Water Partnership (GWP) has published a discussion paper, Engaging the Private Sector in Water Security, which aims to recognize the importance of including the…
Five Lessons Cities Can Learn From Cape Town
Postponing Day Zero in Cape Town for 2018 comes as no surprise. There was no sense to it once the day had been pushed into the…
More Data, Planning Required to Address Water Stress, Human Migration, and Climate Change
During last week’s World Water Day, the launch of the Decade for Action on Water, and the 8th World Water Forum in Brasilia, the Food and…
Export Potential in Asia is Huge for Canadian Cleantech
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada hosted its third annual meeting of the Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council in Toronto, on March 2, 2018. The group discussed…